Preventable Trauma Deaths Rates and Management Errors in Emergency Medical System in Korea
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
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: 385-394, 2006.
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Dans Coréen
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The objectives of this study were 1) to estimate the preventable death rate in emergency medical system in Korea 2) to determine factors that affect preventability of trauma deaths 3) to identify management errors involved in preventable deaths.METHODS:
The records of a 202 patients who died in the emergency departments or shortly after admission due to trauma at nine hospitals in three regions between from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004 were retrospectively reviewed by nine board certified physicians in emergency medicine using professional panel study methodology. Each panelist independently reviewed prehospital records, medical records, x-ray films, and inter-hospital transfer records using a structured survey format and preventability was determined by a unanimous agreement rule. The management errors that contributed to a preventable death were determined and classified as "structure-related"and "process-related"errors.RESULTS:
Preventable deaths related to all management errors account for 39.6% of all trauma deaths. Whereas, 25.7% of preventable deaths were related to management errors in the studied hospitals. The preventability of trauma deaths were determined by the cause of death and the severity of injury. A total of 389 management errors are identified. Management errors occurred mostly in emergency departments (51.1%) and, in prehospital delivery (21.8%). Most of these errors were found to be processrelated (81.2%) rather then structure-related (18.8%).CONCLUSION:
Preventable death rates in Korea are higher than other developed countries, which implies there is much to be improved in the quality of emergency medical services. We found this to be true especially, for processrelated errors, which need to be regularly assessed, and policy established that reduces preventable deaths.
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WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
Sujet Principal:
Film radiographique
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Pays développés
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Dossiers médicaux
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Études rétrospectives
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Mortalité
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Cause de décès
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Urgences
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Services des urgences médicales
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Médecine d'urgence
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Service hospitalier d'urgences
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
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Étude pronostique
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Recherche qualitative
Limites du sujet:
Humains
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Coréen
Texte intégral:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Année:
2006
Type:
Article
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